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i'm not arguing for more deficit. obviously that wouldn't be good for any of us as they continue to move up and numbers are so big how does it change things. >> that's a great point. i've come to the conclusion that the numbers are so large, jenna, $17 trillion? that is, something like 14 digits on that number and the numbers get so big we almost almost anesthetized to it but i think every american in their gut and in their head they understand a great nation that wants to be the leader of the free world and the global economic superpower can not continue to do that, jenna, if we borrow a trillion dollars year after year. you know people buying a lot of our debt are the chinese and other countries that are our competitors. jenna: a big question how that all plays out in the years to come. steve, i know you will be watching with us. appreciate the analysis as always. >> happy new year. see you soon. jon: despite that happy new year. there has been a dearth of good news lately. let's look at the big board. markets are s
i'm not arguing for more deficit. obviously that wouldn't be good for any of us as they continue to move up and numbers are so big how does it change things. >> that's a great point. i've come to the conclusion that the numbers are so large, jenna, $17 trillion? that is, something like 14 digits on that number and the numbers get so big we almost almost anesthetized to it but i think every american in their gut and in their head they understand a great nation that wants to be the leader...
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nobody likes exploding deficits and overbudgeting but it doesn't necessarily translate to problems they're facing every day and how it will help them get a job and increase the size of the bank account. that is where republicans have to do much better. democrats in part because of things they push for, they have been better. when voters need health care and need more money, you're more likely to have a democrat with a policy geared accomplishing that. that is easier, when you're talking about taking thing away, i think you have to work harder to explain why that is going to help. these are the things republicans believe. if they want to be successful they have to stop complaining and work at it and try to maybe the connection. jon: you asked speaker boehner about how, you know, the role that he sees for himself in helping the party regain popularity among voters. let me read for our viewers what he responded. there is no doubt that as a party we need to do a better job of communicating and engaging with the american people. in the house we only control one half of one-third of the governme
nobody likes exploding deficits and overbudgeting but it doesn't necessarily translate to problems they're facing every day and how it will help them get a job and increase the size of the bank account. that is where republicans have to do much better. democrats in part because of things they push for, they have been better. when voters need health care and need more money, you're more likely to have a democrat with a policy geared accomplishing that. that is easier, when you're talking about...
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the president's budget would cut the deficit by about $1.8 trillion over ten years with half the tax increases of the senate democrats plan. the house budget plan, the republican plan calls for no tax hikes at all, jenna. jenna: what is the reaction so far down in d.c.? >> reporter: well, ironically the first criticism came from the left. vermont senator bernie sanders who is an independent but he caucuses with democrats took a present eplt tiff shot yesterday. he said the budget proposal breaks with the president's 2008 promise not to cut social security. actually it trims the annual increase in benefits. but sanders said, quote, millions of working people, seniors, disabled veterans, those who have lost a loved one in combat and women will be extremely disappointed if president obama caves into the long-standing republican effort to cut social security. house speaker john boehner made clear he doesn't like the proposal though he stopped short of actually rejecting it. he said, quote, the president and i were not able to reach an agreement late last year because his offers never liv
the president's budget would cut the deficit by about $1.8 trillion over ten years with half the tax increases of the senate democrats plan. the house budget plan, the republican plan calls for no tax hikes at all, jenna. jenna: what is the reaction so far down in d.c.? >> reporter: well, ironically the first criticism came from the left. vermont senator bernie sanders who is an independent but he caucuses with democrats took a present eplt tiff shot yesterday. he said the budget proposal...
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by the way, that leaves a deficit of about four million people because you have to -- if you factor in all the people who have lost their insurance going in. but also the way they calculate the figures, that's all people who have selected a health plan but actually haven't gone through to sign up and pay the premium. jon: right. >> so there's lots of questions even about those numbers, jon, before you get to the question of age and so forth. jon: jamie, you know, the private health insurance companies will tell you it's easy to get somebody to fill out a form and say they want health insurance, the hard part is getting them to fill out a check and actually pay for it. >> right. but there's also some people that think they're signed up that will find out when it comes january 1st that they're actually not enrolled in any of the health plans they thought they signed up for. this is partly due to the back end problems which is problems to actually pay the insurers. the front-end problems have been improved upon, but the back-end problems still remain. even just yesterday congressional sta
by the way, that leaves a deficit of about four million people because you have to -- if you factor in all the people who have lost their insurance going in. but also the way they calculate the figures, that's all people who have selected a health plan but actually haven't gone through to sign up and pay the premium. jon: right. >> so there's lots of questions even about those numbers, jon, before you get to the question of age and so forth. jon: jamie, you know, the private health...
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it really does nothing to address entitlement reform or tax reform and does nothing to address the deficit and the debt. so anybody with a reasonable idea of fiscal responsibility should actually not be supporting this. that being said, i think, john boehner is looking forward to next year and the immigration battle. there are some, there are some rumors floating around that john boehner would like to push through amnesty. he hired people on his staff recently who are amnesty advocates. what he may be doing here is politically strategic, trying to marginalize conservatives. trying to dismiss them, shunt them aside, demonize them to great extent. next year when the immigration battle comes up they will be off in the corner and not be able to have the leverage and power that they're going to need to fight immigration. jon: chris, from the standpoint after democrat what do you think about appears to be a bit of muscle flexing on the part of the speaker? >> well, listen, i think it is fantastic to see republicans once again deciding to punch each other in the face and then think that somehow t
it really does nothing to address entitlement reform or tax reform and does nothing to address the deficit and the debt. so anybody with a reasonable idea of fiscal responsibility should actually not be supporting this. that being said, i think, john boehner is looking forward to next year and the immigration battle. there are some, there are some rumors floating around that john boehner would like to push through amnesty. he hired people on his staff recently who are amnesty advocates. what he...
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earlier today cantor spoke about fiscal discipline, pressing the president to lead the way in deficit reduction. >> we want to see from the president how long he thinks it should take to balance a budget and how he's going to do it. you know, at the end of the day all of us are here trying to improve the prospects for a brighter future for all americans. >> reporter: while cantor is expected to talk more about the economy in a speech today, he's also likely to discuss education and health care. one capitol hill watch every says he's trying to get more people under the gop tent. >> trying to resell and remessage republican philosophy. it's not a change. it's not amending the republican agenda. thisit's not switching out their principles, but trying to put a fresh look on what their agenda is and trying to frame it as a pragmatic, useful, helpful agenda that makes your life work better. >> reporter: stoddard says cantor is one of the younger gop lawmakers trying to put forward a modern image of the party while still adhering to conservative principles. jenna? jenna: molly henneberg live
earlier today cantor spoke about fiscal discipline, pressing the president to lead the way in deficit reduction. >> we want to see from the president how long he thinks it should take to balance a budget and how he's going to do it. you know, at the end of the day all of us are here trying to improve the prospects for a brighter future for all americans. >> reporter: while cantor is expected to talk more about the economy in a speech today, he's also likely to discuss education and...
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the deficit's 40% lower today than it was when he took office. this notion that the democrats don't care about this, it's the republicans who have been driving up the deficit over the last generation. so give me strength. we've got -- the republicans have got to stop pretending that president obama doesn't care about these things. it's simply not true, and it's going to continue to isolate them instead of allow them to do what matt talked about, which is they've got to make their case. it's time now for paul ryan and other republicans to lay out their alternative and to fight this president better than they have. jon: he talked about green energy and how it is still a panacea. i want to play it and get a real quick thought from each of you. here we go. >> yeah, sure. >> we, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. jon: okay. that, that was, obviously, about winding down the wars in afghanistan and iraq. um, suggesting, i guess, that those republicans who have said it's too soon to leave afgh
the deficit's 40% lower today than it was when he took office. this notion that the democrats don't care about this, it's the republicans who have been driving up the deficit over the last generation. so give me strength. we've got -- the republicans have got to stop pretending that president obama doesn't care about these things. it's simply not true, and it's going to continue to isolate them instead of allow them to do what matt talked about, which is they've got to make their case. it's...
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by $4 trillion over the next decade which would stabilize our debt and our deficit in a sustainable way for the next day-to-day. jon: so what about that statement from the president, true or false? a fact check on that and a bunch of others. we'll have the answers for you coming up. jon: right now lawmakers are working on a strategy to try to keep the government running. they only have about 4-6 weeks left before the nation hits the national debt ceiling. republicans are calling for budge cuts in return for raising the debt ceiling, but president obama came out swinging during his news conference on monday claiming he's already gone a long way toward closing the budget gap. joining us now to fact check some of his statements, stephen hayes, a senior writer for the weekly standard and a fox news contributor, douglas holtz-eakin is now president of the american action forum. just as a general rule, steven, when you heard the president speaking in that news conference, was he generally being honest with the american people about the state of our finances? >> well, i would say there wer
by $4 trillion over the next decade which would stabilize our debt and our deficit in a sustainable way for the next day-to-day. jon: so what about that statement from the president, true or false? a fact check on that and a bunch of others. we'll have the answers for you coming up. jon: right now lawmakers are working on a strategy to try to keep the government running. they only have about 4-6 weeks left before the nation hits the national debt ceiling. republicans are calling for budge cuts...
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maybe then we can have a more serious discussion about what the real problems on deficit and deficit reduction are and. you know the good thing about america is that, sometimes we get to these bottlenecks and we get stuck and, you have those these sharp partisan fights but the american people are pretty common sense and practical and eventually that common sense, practical approach wins out. and i think that's what will happen here as well. and in the meantime, just, to make the final point about the sequester, we will get through this. this is not going to be a, apocalypse i think as some people have said. it is just dumb and it is going to hurt. going to hurt individual people and going to hurt the economy overall. but, if congress comes to its senses, a week from now, a month from now, three months from now, then there's a lot of open running room there for us to grow our economy much more quickly and, advance the agenda of the american people dramatically. and so, you know, this is a, this is a temporary stop on what i believe is the long-term, outstanding prospect for american g
maybe then we can have a more serious discussion about what the real problems on deficit and deficit reduction are and. you know the good thing about america is that, sometimes we get to these bottlenecks and we get stuck and, you have those these sharp partisan fights but the american people are pretty common sense and practical and eventually that common sense, practical approach wins out. and i think that's what will happen here as well. and in the meantime, just, to make the final point...
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the end of his first term, and we've seen record deficits, record spending, trillion dollar plus deficits for as long as president obama's been in office. >> reporter: a look at our or latest fox news poll from last week, we asked among other things what's your number one priority, the thing you're sort of most passionate about. dealing with government spending was number one, and yet we're hearing from the president's aides he'll be talking more tonight about investments in education, other programs. investments another word for spending, arthel. arthel: and we'll see how that goes over. ed henry, thank you very much. jon: marco rubio will give the republican response to the state of the union address. tonight will be senator rubio's chance to really shine. chief national corps 1307b9 jim angle is live in washington. the big question, jim, why senator rubio? [laughter] >> reporter: well, the answer to that question is pretty easy. there is no question that senate rubio -- who was only elected in 2010 -- is already a star in the republican party, and that's why he'll give the official res
the end of his first term, and we've seen record deficits, record spending, trillion dollar plus deficits for as long as president obama's been in office. >> reporter: a look at our or latest fox news poll from last week, we asked among other things what's your number one priority, the thing you're sort of most passionate about. dealing with government spending was number one, and yet we're hearing from the president's aides he'll be talking more tonight about investments in education,...
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the deficit. there has probably been more pain and drama in getting there than we needed. so finishing the job shouldn't be that difficult if everybody comes to the conversation with an open mind and if we recognize that there's some things like not paying our bills that should be out of bounds. all right? i'm going to take one last question. jackie colmes. >> mr. president. >> yeah. >> i like to ask you, now that you reached the end of your first term, starting your second, about a couple of critsims. one longstanding, another more recent. the longstanding one seems to become a truism of sorts that you and your staff are too insular. that you don't socialize enough. and the second, more recent criticism that your team taking shape knit diverse, isn't as diverse as it could be or even was in terms of getting additional voices, gender, race, ethnic diversity. i would like you to address both of those. >> let me take the second one first. you know, i'm very proud in the first four years we had as di
the deficit. there has probably been more pain and drama in getting there than we needed. so finishing the job shouldn't be that difficult if everybody comes to the conversation with an open mind and if we recognize that there's some things like not paying our bills that should be out of bounds. all right? i'm going to take one last question. jackie colmes. >> mr. president. >> yeah. >> i like to ask you, now that you reached the end of your first term, starting your second,...
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you know, everything but deficit, debt, spending and the america's economy. jobs and the economy was passed by rather quickly. we're in an economic recovery. that was about it. so, yeah, i think congressman ryan called it right. the president's agenda at least from the state of the union address was overwhelmingly liberal and not connected at all to deficit, debt, spending and america's economy and jobs. this is a legitimate disagreement between the two parties and legitimate disagreement between his president and the republican opponents on what the priorities ought to be but it is pretty clear what the president's priorities were. jon: this president racked up a lot of debt in first four years in office and got reelected. maybe he is assuming that the american people are fine with going the way it has been going? >> well i think, he talked about cutting the deficit during the campaign, promised that he would cap $2.50 in spending cuts for every dollar of revenue increase. elections, second elections, reelections for presidents are liberating experiences. mo
you know, everything but deficit, debt, spending and the america's economy. jobs and the economy was passed by rather quickly. we're in an economic recovery. that was about it. so, yeah, i think congressman ryan called it right. the president's agenda at least from the state of the union address was overwhelmingly liberal and not connected at all to deficit, debt, spending and america's economy and jobs. this is a legitimate disagreement between the two parties and legitimate disagreement...
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controls on spending but then, moving toward the big budget issues and, so we don't have this huge deficit, continue to just eclipse itself every year, 6, 700 billion, a trillion every year. that has to stop. that is what this fight is really all about, getting government back into the box, getting the budget balanced eventually and getting our debt behind us. jon: you say that is what the fight is all about but do you think that is being lost on the american people? according to the latest polls, we have some of them for you, the latest "wall street journal" poll shows republicans are really taking a pounding. only 24% of those responding have a positive view of the republican party. 53% say they have a negative view. what do you think? >> well, it is hard to get your message out sometimes but i'll tell you what, we're fighting for the right cause and the right reason and we're negotiating. we're the ones who went to the white house finally after the president had drawn the line in the sand time and again, can't we sit down and talk about this? i don't know about you, in my married life i
controls on spending but then, moving toward the big budget issues and, so we don't have this huge deficit, continue to just eclipse itself every year, 6, 700 billion, a trillion every year. that has to stop. that is what this fight is really all about, getting government back into the box, getting the budget balanced eventually and getting our debt behind us. jon: you say that is what the fight is all about but do you think that is being lost on the american people? according to the latest...
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. >> the deficit is getting smaller, not bigger. it's going down faster than it has in the last 50 years. the challenge we have right now are not short-term deficits, it's the long-term obligations that we have around things like medicare and social security. jon: so the deficit is shrinking in large part because of the sequester which the president opposed. >> yeah. and two things to point out. imagine if you lived off your credit card, $1,000 a month, and this year you're only living on $800 a month, would that make you feel better? you still have an unsustainable problem in place. the second thing is the president correctly points out the drivers of the long-term debt are medicare and social security, but he's virtually against any idea to fix those things because his own party refuses to consider any structural reforms no -- to those programs, and they accuse anyone who wants to of being anti-senior. the president spoke about the divisive language, he's one of the leading causes of it. they have outright demonized anyone who dis
. >> the deficit is getting smaller, not bigger. it's going down faster than it has in the last 50 years. the challenge we have right now are not short-term deficits, it's the long-term obligations that we have around things like medicare and social security. jon: so the deficit is shrinking in large part because of the sequester which the president opposed. >> yeah. and two things to point out. imagine if you lived off your credit card, $1,000 a month, and this year you're only...
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. >> it was specially made, custom plate over the deficit in her skull which is this sort of size in the entrance. and, left-hand side of her skull. >> reporter: wow, the outspoken activist not giving up on her dreams to help others. her determination even stronger after outpouring of support she experienced following her injuries. >> because of these prayers god has given me this new life. and this is a second life. this is a new life. you want to serve. i want to serve the people. and i want every girl, every child to be educated. >> reporter: i love this little girl. malala's latest surgery restored her hearing with a cock letter implant. she will do so with a newly formed found decision, the malala fund, $10 million strong courtesy of pakistan. jon? jon: she is amazing, wow. >> reporter: so are the doctors. good for her. jon: jamie colby, thank you. jenna: new orleans was enjoying its moment in the national spotlight when suddenly the superdome plunged into darkness. the power outage putting the super bowl on hold for more than half an hour. what could cause a blackout right in t
. >> it was specially made, custom plate over the deficit in her skull which is this sort of size in the entrance. and, left-hand side of her skull. >> reporter: wow, the outspoken activist not giving up on her dreams to help others. her determination even stronger after outpouring of support she experienced following her injuries. >> because of these prayers god has given me this new life. and this is a second life. this is a new life. you want to serve. i want to serve the...
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extension in order to have time to come up with a grander deal to deal with the long-term debt and deficit. jon: argument goes on. carl cameron in washington thanks. jenna: a femme-fatale or a woman of fate? a major development in the case of a woman on trial for the murder of her boyfriend. also some new details emerging in the story of manti te'o and his nonexistent girlfriend. when did the football star find out about the hoax and why did he keep the story going? questions we're looking for answers today on "happening now." ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. jon: right now some crime stories we're keeping an eye on. arizona, the state is resting its case in the high-profile trial of a woman accused of killing her former boyfriend in a jealous rage. prosecutors claimed jody aras stabbed slashed and shot travis alexander or i should say stabbed and slashed him 30 times before slitting hi
extension in order to have time to come up with a grander deal to deal with the long-term debt and deficit. jon: argument goes on. carl cameron in washington thanks. jenna: a femme-fatale or a woman of fate? a major development in the case of a woman on trial for the murder of her boyfriend. also some new details emerging in the story of manti te'o and his nonexistent girlfriend. when did the football star find out about the hoax and why did he keep the story going? questions we're looking for...
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jenna: the battle overt budget and deficit reduction. is the president serious about striking a bargain? what is really keeping the two sides apart? carl rope rove is here and will tell us all about it in a moment. also a judge canned the ban on super size soda in new york city. what mayor bloomberg says he's going to do now. our legal panel will weigh in on this. new fears about facebook, what the social networking site can reveal about you without you even knowing. it's all "happening now." brand-new developments in the budget battle. hi, everybody, glad you're with us today. i'm jenna lee. rick: i'm rick folbaum in for jon scott. paul ryan releasing a blueprint to balance the bulge net ten years. they plan to do it by repealing obama care. cutting domestic programs like medicaid and avoiding tax hikes. we are awaiting the democratic counter proposal as the national debt skyrockets past $16.5 trillion. new questions about how serious the president rile is about reducing the deficit which seems to be shaping up as as a battle over reven
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and to give house negotiators time to put together a year-long spending bill that would reduce the deficit and get the country out from under the across the board spending cuts known as the sequester. the only obamacare requirement that people verify their income if they qualify for subsidies at the health care exchanges. house speaker john boehner tried and failed to get republicans to pass a bill yesterday mostly because they insisted on more obamacare delays and restrictions that the senate will accept. wisconsin congressman sean duffy says republicans are pretty united about their goals but not necessarily their tactics. >> you have to work within the system in divided government that the electorate gave us in trying to stop progress of these liberal policies and systematically move the country to the right. tough actually connect with the american people with your policies, so you can win elections. and some who want to push it too far with strategies that don't work in the end turn off the american people. >> reporter: duffy thinks 20 or 30 house republicans will vote for the senate
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>> deficit reduction without increasing taxes, that's a key component of this. to make sure we just don't keep going on spending and then just -- the president says just raise taxes on americans to do it. we need to get the spending under control and each time that the president asked to raise the debt ceiling, i think it's a time to discuss the issues, the twin tidal waves coming at us of spending, of social security and medicare and come up with a reasonable solution. the reason that the united states had been downgraded with its credit rating had nothing to do with the raising of the debt ceiling vote. it has to do with the fact we don't have a sustainable plan to deal with our incredible debt. jenna: you're mentioning a lot of big issues, entitlements, deficit, debt reduction and this is all coming together because of the shutdown and the debt ceiling debate. let's talk about the mission at hand for the g.o.p. what is the goal? in the top priority for you, senator, is it defunding health care? deficit reduction? entitlement reform? what is the ultimate goal
>> deficit reduction without increasing taxes, that's a key component of this. to make sure we just don't keep going on spending and then just -- the president says just raise taxes on americans to do it. we need to get the spending under control and each time that the president asked to raise the debt ceiling, i think it's a time to discuss the issues, the twin tidal waves coming at us of spending, of social security and medicare and come up with a reasonable solution. the reason that...
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we have a huge deficit problem. we have to get spending under control but we also cut taxes for the last 15 years, to the tune of 7 trillion dollars. if we're really going to deal with the deficit, i think we need to raise taxes and cut mandatory programs. we're refusing to do that. simply we're torturing discretionary portion of the budget including defense in a way that harms our country. jon: you two come from opposite sides of political fence and congressman mckeown is nodding seemingly in agreement. >> his comment on the mandatory spending. as he said, it accounts for 60% of the our budget. 50 years ago it was less than 30%. it's growing. discretionary spending has dropped the same amount. defense spending is half what it was 50 years ago. and we're at war. so what we're talking about is some huge cuts, on top of already huge cuts that were just instituting in this fiscal year. i think what we need to do is step back, take a breath and say, look, if we're going to have a balanced approach, then we better look a
we have a huge deficit problem. we have to get spending under control but we also cut taxes for the last 15 years, to the tune of 7 trillion dollars. if we're really going to deal with the deficit, i think we need to raise taxes and cut mandatory programs. we're refusing to do that. simply we're torturing discretionary portion of the budget including defense in a way that harms our country. jon: you two come from opposite sides of political fence and congressman mckeown is nodding seemingly in...
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we talk about debt and deficit a lot. according to the cbo report our debt is growing, the deficit has come down. what can you tell us about the discrepancy there? >> right. well the federal budget deficit is about half of what it was in 2009, this is the yearly federal expenditures, right stp-t budget battle in washington continues to be a philosophical debate on spending cuts versus taxes, and what the right battle should be to fix our fiscal mess. do we swallow the bitter pill now for cuts and higher taxes to purchase growth in the future or do we reign in taxes. they need to know what to do about 85 billion in spinning cuts. republicans, no surprise said spending cuts only, that's been the mantra. jenna: that's where they are. and we'll see where potentially we meet in the middle. eventually we'll have to do something. big numbers out there. lori, thank you. jon: speaking of spending cuts, big changes could be coming to your mailbox. the u.s. postal service set to scrap saturday mail delivery. but does that cash-strap
we talk about debt and deficit a lot. according to the cbo report our debt is growing, the deficit has come down. what can you tell us about the discrepancy there? >> right. well the federal budget deficit is about half of what it was in 2009, this is the yearly federal expenditures, right stp-t budget battle in washington continues to be a philosophical debate on spending cuts versus taxes, and what the right battle should be to fix our fiscal mess. do we swallow the bitter pill now for...
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the mean we have huge deb deficits, we have huge entitlement programs. jenna: we should talk about these things as completely linked. when we talk about nation building at home, we are talking about syria and iran and all these other things happening outside the borders. >> we want a word that is conducive to free trade, to american security and american values. that benefits us at home and the idea is that somehow if we pay more attention to, say, our infrastructure or pay less attention to syria, more attention to infrastructure, that's a false psychology. jenna: and at this time, there's no evidence at this moment where that is being true. we're spending a lot of time going to the congressional session where we're going to talk a lot about the debt and the deficit now being dominated by discussions of syria. i want to ask about this issue of credibility because our viewers are hearing a lot of it from the president, from senator kerry, from our senators that our credibility is completely on the line. is it? >> i totally accept the critics of the presi
the mean we have huge deb deficits, we have huge entitlement programs. jenna: we should talk about these things as completely linked. when we talk about nation building at home, we are talking about syria and iran and all these other things happening outside the borders. >> we want a word that is conducive to free trade, to american security and american values. that benefits us at home and the idea is that somehow if we pay more attention to, say, our infrastructure or pay less attention...
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the white house has lost credibility and i think the government generally has been operating with a deficit of trust in the area of surveillance for the past few years. they have been saying one thing publicly to congress and to the courts and turns out that quite another thing has been taking place behind closed doors. >> reporter: in the end the aclu alleges that the nsa plays word games under the set of rules known as the united states intelligence directive 18, collecting data only applies when the data is analyzed and not stored. this seems to be the definition that the nation's intelligence chief james clapper and nsa director keith alexander relied upon when they denied publicly the nsa is collecting data on american citizens. nsa says thousanding of violations reported in another leaked document are a fraction of the overall data and they were reported in an effort, patti ann, to correct them. >> catherine, what are we learning about reported threats against "the guardian" newspaper >> reporter: britain's "guardian" newspaper, suggesting that david miranda, partner of journalist, gl
the white house has lost credibility and i think the government generally has been operating with a deficit of trust in the area of surveillance for the past few years. they have been saying one thing publicly to congress and to the courts and turns out that quite another thing has been taking place behind closed doors. >> reporter: in the end the aclu alleges that the nsa plays word games under the set of rules known as the united states intelligence directive 18, collecting data only...
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>> well, in the last two years we've seen about $2.4 trillion of deficit reduction, 1.7 of that coming from spending cuts and .7 coming from tax increases on the wealthy. so i think there's still a lot of need for revenue from upper income earners, and the public agrees with that. and they want to see spending cut, too, and that's what the president and democrats have put forward. i think they'll keep talking about keeping that balanced approach, and if republicans keep insisting there are no more revenues, thai not on the -- they're not on the side of the public. jon: wait, wait, quickly. where have they put forward spending cuts? >> the president and senate democrats have put forward a balanced plan to move the sequestering back by a year, and the republicans are ve jekylling that saying they won't accept any revenue. they would rather have the sequester happen, they would rather have it tank the economy and undermine our national security than agree to a compromise. and i think, you know, the public is going to see through that sort of extremist position. jon: well, the president, i
>> well, in the last two years we've seen about $2.4 trillion of deficit reduction, 1.7 of that coming from spending cuts and .7 coming from tax increases on the wealthy. so i think there's still a lot of need for revenue from upper income earners, and the public agrees with that. and they want to see spending cut, too, and that's what the president and democrats have put forward. i think they'll keep talking about keeping that balanced approach, and if republicans keep insisting there...
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deficit or lower the top rate even further. it could be difficult when it comes time to take them out. jenna: i heard an analogy about the tax code being 10 times longer than the bible, but not as interesting. [laughter] jenna: thank you so much for the perspective today, rich edson. jon: two workers get stuck in a tight spot. 125 feet above the ground. wait until you hear about the special relationship that one of them has with the heroes that eventually get them down hi. i'm henry winkler. and i'm here to tell homeowners that are 62 and older about a great way to live a better retirement. it's called a reverse mortgage. [ male announcer ] call right now to receive your free dvd and booklet with no obligation. it answers questions like how a reverse mortgage works, how much you qualify for, the ways to receive your money, and more. plus, when you call now, you'll get this magnifier with l.e.d. light absolutely free. when you call the experts at one reverse mortgage today, you'll learn the benefits of a government-insured rever
deficit or lower the top rate even further. it could be difficult when it comes time to take them out. jenna: i heard an analogy about the tax code being 10 times longer than the bible, but not as interesting. [laughter] jenna: thank you so much for the perspective today, rich edson. jon: two workers get stuck in a tight spot. 125 feet above the ground. wait until you hear about the special relationship that one of them has with the heroes that eventually get them down hi. i'm henry winkler....
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you think our deficit is bad, they don't print that much money in the fed. we don't have that much in the system. jon: jim gray, good to talk to you. thanks, jim. jenna: breaking news out of washington, d.c. the president is officially announcing his nomination for labor secretary. his name is thomas perez. he is standing next to the president. just a few things he should know about thomas perez. assistant attorney general for the civil rights division right now. he spent a lot of time in his career focusing on consumer rights and protection as well. if he is confirmed, the process that takes place after the official no announcement he will be only latino in the president's cabinet. they need to get americans back to work as labor secretary and what kind of role considering his background mr. perez might play in immigration reform and what type of employment policies could be put in place if there is some overarching immigration reform. we'll keep you posted on the announcement. as we hear more we'll bring that to you. jon: it was ten years ago that operatio
you think our deficit is bad, they don't print that much money in the fed. we don't have that much in the system. jon: jim gray, good to talk to you. thanks, jim. jenna: breaking news out of washington, d.c. the president is officially announcing his nomination for labor secretary. his name is thomas perez. he is standing next to the president. just a few things he should know about thomas perez. assistant attorney general for the civil rights division right now. he spent a lot of time in his...
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this morning, at least, is to contrast what you heard from paul ryan who is saying that the debt and deficits are a central issue that need to be dealt with immediately and the exchange you had withed henry who say that white house aides want to move away from the budget, move away from these debt and deficit issues because they are keeping him from getting the things that they regard as more important. i think there is just the fundamental difference between the two governing philosophies right now and i expect you'll hear a lot more of the criticism of president obama than you will sort of republican teeth nashing and beating up one another at cpac. >> paul ryan has his budget proposal out. it has been safe srapblg savaged by the left. at least he has one out there. the white house that is required under the constitution to put out a budget hasn't done so and said we were so busy with sequester we can't get it out for a couple of months. >> right and i think it's probably safe to say that the white house budget is never going to balance either. one of the things that paul ryan's budget does
this morning, at least, is to contrast what you heard from paul ryan who is saying that the debt and deficits are a central issue that need to be dealt with immediately and the exchange you had withed henry who say that white house aides want to move away from the budget, move away from these debt and deficit issues because they are keeping him from getting the things that they regard as more important. i think there is just the fundamental difference between the two governing philosophies...
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even the cbo said the bill would cut the deficit. the bottom line is, though when you have a bill of this size you're going to have some goodies in there that members of congress are going to throw in for their district. i mean why do we have $1.5 billion for youth programs? why do we have millions of dollars in there for alaska seafood processors? why do we have $100 million in this bill to promote travel? the padding in the bill is bad, the pork in the bills bad but the great thing about the house and the senate, the house can come up with its own version and no knock some of those kinks out. rick: some say if this bill gets overwhelming support in the senate and anywhere close to 70 votes which may be a little bit of an unreachable bar, but it could get close to that, up in the high 60s that that will put more pressure on the house to pass this or to pass some kind of version of immigration reform. do you buy that? what do you think happens if this gets a lot of support in the senate today, or tomorrow, whenever the vote is? >> i
even the cbo said the bill would cut the deficit. the bottom line is, though when you have a bill of this size you're going to have some goodies in there that members of congress are going to throw in for their district. i mean why do we have $1.5 billion for youth programs? why do we have millions of dollars in there for alaska seafood processors? why do we have $100 million in this bill to promote travel? the padding in the bill is bad, the pork in the bills bad but the great thing about the...
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policy advisors that really wanted to do something about the deficit and then john boehner because he could not keep his own party in line. traditionally the leadership of the house can actually whip votes to his side but boehner had a party divided in 2010 when more tea partiers took over the house of representatives. jon: but i'm not hearing anybody who seems to think that speaker boehner is in serious jeopardy of losing his speakership? >> well he is not in serious jeopardy of losing his speaker ship because you only have jon, 25 to 35 members of congress that could potentially vote against him. however you have had certain tea party organizations that wanted to do a secret ballot vote. they want to vote against boehner but don't want boehner to know who actually voted against him. when you have those types of signs from my standpoint, boehner is pretty safe but the bottom line is this, is he a strong speaker? this is going to shock you. the strongest speaker that we've had is nancy pelosi. she kept her party in line. she gave obama the majority of what he wanted, but boehner has a
policy advisors that really wanted to do something about the deficit and then john boehner because he could not keep his own party in line. traditionally the leadership of the house can actually whip votes to his side but boehner had a party divided in 2010 when more tea partiers took over the house of representatives. jon: but i'm not hearing anybody who seems to think that speaker boehner is in serious jeopardy of losing his speakership? >> well he is not in serious jeopardy of losing...
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this year's annual deficit is estimated to be $850 billion. if you like to look at it that way $85 billion in cuts would be only clearing out about 10% of this year's shortfall. jon: thank you for breaking down the numbers for us. what a country. carl cameron in washington. thank you. >> reporter: lots of red ink in it. jenna: new troubles for boeing as it now warns airlines about the next generation of 737 aircraft. we've heard a lot about this aircraft, right? this all happened, all these stories after battery meltdowns on the dreamliner jet grounded the entire fleet worldwide and now we are at another chapter in all of this. dan springer is live in seattle with more. dan. >> reporter: jenna, first the good news, it's not even close to the trouble that the 787 is facing, but boeing has put out a safety bulletin to airlines about some engine problems that have happened on the 737, next generation planes shortly after particular off. 32 times over the last five years the planes have experienced some vibrating or osculating in the engine. in on
this year's annual deficit is estimated to be $850 billion. if you like to look at it that way $85 billion in cuts would be only clearing out about 10% of this year's shortfall. jon: thank you for breaking down the numbers for us. what a country. carl cameron in washington. thank you. >> reporter: lots of red ink in it. jenna: new troubles for boeing as it now warns airlines about the next generation of 737 aircraft. we've heard a lot about this aircraft, right? this all happened, all...
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republicans say the president tried to exaggerate pressuring them to reach a deficit reduction bill. folks say the federal government is trying to make the best of a bad situation by implementing budget cuts that were never supposed to happen. each side, of course, looking for political advantage. wear the uniform division of the secret service is covered by the sequester and officials say they are canceling tour starting next week, so they have enough people to cover other security tools around the area, not just the tourists, without incurring overtime. they canceled it today because of the snow we are expecting. they claim to be continuing some tours despite the sequester, how speaker john boehner said that is because they planned for it. but louie gohmert is not satisfied and he wants to ban the president and playing golf until the white house tours resume. >> so the president will not be able to take a golf outing because there are 341 more federal officials to be furloughed to lose their jobs at least temporarily. reporter: of course presidential travel has no impact. meanwhile
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we had a trillion dollar deficit in the last year, more than $5 trillion over the last four years. boy, president obama sure inherited an economic mess from himself. i guess. [laughter] >> the ditch was very deep, and i think that the president has been trying to climb out of it. he has had stimulus policies. i don't think he's going to be able to have any more of them. and that really limits the tools that he can use to kind of get the economy, keep the economy growing. this is a very, very difficult challenge. of he does need cooperation from the republicans, but i don't think he's going to get it because in part i don't think he's doing a lot to encourage it. jon: all right. judith miller and kirsten powers, our fox news watch panel today. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. jenna: well, a day of remembrance for those remarkable americans lost in the goal for exploring space. coming up, nasa's tribute to some of america's finest astronauts, next. i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the
we had a trillion dollar deficit in the last year, more than $5 trillion over the last four years. boy, president obama sure inherited an economic mess from himself. i guess. [laughter] >> the ditch was very deep, and i think that the president has been trying to climb out of it. he has had stimulus policies. i don't think he's going to be able to have any more of them. and that really limits the tools that he can use to kind of get the economy, keep the economy growing. this is a very,...
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it is deficit reduction without a tax increase. >> reporter: so supporters say america needs the labor and the taxes that are going to be paid by more skilled workers being brought in. that's going to offset the costs of the unskilled people in the public benefits. and by doubling those merit-based immigrants, jenna, that we are going to boost the birthrate which will help pay for people's social security. it all depends on how you slice the pie. back to you. jenna: it always does, doesn't it? that pie always gets you every time. william, thank you. jon: interesting arguments on both sides. and telling testimony today on capitol hill about security mistakes and intelligence failures in the weeks and months before the boston terror attack. we are live with new details from officials who were on the front lines. >>> also, the suspect in the kidnapping of three girls found alive ten years later is in court today as we learn new information about the horrors those girls faced over the decade and the road ahead for them in their newfound freedom. i'm here at my house on thanksgiving day, an
it is deficit reduction without a tax increase. >> reporter: so supporters say america needs the labor and the taxes that are going to be paid by more skilled workers being brought in. that's going to offset the costs of the unskilled people in the public benefits. and by doubling those merit-based immigrants, jenna, that we are going to boost the birthrate which will help pay for people's social security. it all depends on how you slice the pie. back to you. jenna: it always does,...
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is it about the budget deficit? what, why is the government shut down right now? >> we sent four bills to the united states senate. four different positions trying to soften our position to get the senate interested in keeping the government open and bringing fairness to the american people under obamacare. it is as simple as that. >> last question. >> mr. speaker we've seen a lot of reports how there is sniping personality sniping between you and democrat leader and president. >> no, no. that is just not true. that is just, listen, that is not true. now, most of you have dealt with me for sop time. i might sniped at luke once or twice but i have very good relationships with all of my colleagues across the aisle. it's me and maintaining these relationships is critically important. all i'm asking for is let's sit down, like the american people would expect us and talk to one another about getting the government open and dealing with the significant problems that we face. >> what about a grand bargain? >> you said you care more about your job than your country. >> c
is it about the budget deficit? what, why is the government shut down right now? >> we sent four bills to the united states senate. four different positions trying to soften our position to get the senate interested in keeping the government open and bringing fairness to the american people under obamacare. it is as simple as that. >> last question. >> mr. speaker we've seen a lot of reports how there is sniping personality sniping between you and democrat leader and...
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so they do something else to reduce the deficit instead, that is not going to happen. the sequester is going to happen march 1st and i think after that at some point hopefully both sides will sit down and figure out a more rational way to allocate these cuts. these cuts should happen. if we can't gut 3% of the budget over ten years we moisture as well declare national bankruptcy right now. jon: interesting that its discretionary funding, and programs that are getting cuts, no cuts from mandatory spending. >> again, if you're doing this in a rational way that is not the way you would do it, especially considering that the mandatory spending the entitlement spending is the bigger part of the budget that creates more than a debt problem down the line. it's stupid to disproportionately target the pentagon, which particularly is targeted and stupid to disproportionately target discretionary spending. we have a stupid debate going on over a stupidly designed spending cut. jon: despite this fuss over these cuts, isn't the federal government going to spend more money this year
so they do something else to reduce the deficit instead, that is not going to happen. the sequester is going to happen march 1st and i think after that at some point hopefully both sides will sit down and figure out a more rational way to allocate these cuts. these cuts should happen. if we can't gut 3% of the budget over ten years we moisture as well declare national bankruptcy right now. jon: interesting that its discretionary funding, and programs that are getting cuts, no cuts from...
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jon: we were going to cut the deficit in half in the first term were we not? >> this is true, hasn't happened obviously. jon: steven hayes from "the weekly standard." keep an eye on it for us when the deficit does get cut in half let news. >> will do, jon. jenna: coming up new push back over the president's healthcare law from a christian owned business that could face millions of dollars in fines for refusing some of its provisions. we'll tell but that story. plus a tkpwaoelg executiv google executive visiting north carolina? what does that mean? we're going to ask general keane after the break. jon: disturbing new milestone regarding the economic troubles in europe. amy kellogg live in london with is that for us. >> reporter: hi, jon, over on this side of the pond people are no longer really talking about whether countries will leave the euro zone or know despite all of the very elaborate fixes worked up to keep countries like greece from going completely under the problem of growth remains. and as long as europe is not growing then the fundamental economic
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republicans to talk about what they're going to do with regard to the government shutdown and the budget deficit, i'm sorry, the budget ceiling. that it is due to expire or reach this week. when the speaker heads to the microphones there, any minute now as i said, you will hear it here first on fox. we're told that house republicans are feeling pretty positive about the plan they come up with. they say it is very similar to the senate plan. that could mean an end to all of this, these goings on in washington we've been talking about more than two weeks now. jenna: photographers are ready to go. they're watching in d.c. we'll bring to you a different site in los angeles where we're watching a transformer fire in wilmington, california, just outside of l.a. this is a huge shipyard. a lot of business being done here. firefighters are on the scene. we're not quite sure what caused the fire. we know it's a transformer fire. that might be a little self-explanatory, jon, right? we don't know exactly the conditions surrounding it or what is burning close to it at this time. as we hear more we'll bring y
republicans to talk about what they're going to do with regard to the government shutdown and the budget deficit, i'm sorry, the budget ceiling. that it is due to expire or reach this week. when the speaker heads to the microphones there, any minute now as i said, you will hear it here first on fox. we're told that house republicans are feeling pretty positive about the plan they come up with. they say it is very similar to the senate plan. that could mean an end to all of this, these goings on...
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wants the bill to make a dent in the deficit and there are fears they could filibuster. others say that's the way to go. all this as the nation's debt skyrockets amid warnings the u.s. is just days away from the threat of default. there may be progress on the budget battle with john boehner saying he's willing to negotiate. >> all we're asking for is to sit down and have this conversation. there's no reason to make it more difficult to bring people to the table. so there's no -- there's no boundaries here. jenna: some are pointing fingers at boehner saying he's part of the problem. republicans want to change obamacare in exchange for reopening the government. the president has made his position on this very clear. >> i'll tell you something. i have said from the start of the year that i'm happy to talk to republicans about anything related to the budget. there's not a subject that i'm not willing to engage in, work on, negotiate and come up with common sense compromises on. what i've said is that i cannot do that under the threat that if republicans don't get 100% of the
wants the bill to make a dent in the deficit and there are fears they could filibuster. others say that's the way to go. all this as the nation's debt skyrockets amid warnings the u.s. is just days away from the threat of default. there may be progress on the budget battle with john boehner saying he's willing to negotiate. >> all we're asking for is to sit down and have this conversation. there's no reason to make it more difficult to bring people to the table. so there's no -- there's...